IDENTIFIERS
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id:	110765
accession number:	T.34-1938

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 20 July 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, and eyelet hole stitch. The upper 18 cm are inscribed with 8 lines with a border design separating each one from the next.  A crown is worked as a line ending.  The lower 26.5 cm is comprised of a long central octagonal panel, which includes a name and date; surrounding it a symmetrical arrangement of motifs including a fruit basket, crowns and coronets, flower sprigs, strawberries and flower vases.  The inscriptions on the sampler read 'O all ye nations of the wor/ld praise ye the Lord all wa/y and all ye people every/ where set forth his noble/praise for great his kindness/ is to (vs) his trv/th doth not de/cay where fore praise ye the', and ' Mary/French end/ed this work/in the tenth ye/ar of her age o/ne thovsand se/ven hvndred for/ty one in the f/ourteen th/year of t/he r kg2
title:	sampler

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Purchased by the donor from Miss Culter, london, 1899


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Mrs H.A. Longman Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110765





TECHNIQUES
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Band sampler, linen, embroidered with polychrome silks in cross, and eyelet hole stitch
weaving
TECHNIQUES
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embroidering

CATEGORIES
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category: embroidery

DATING
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creation date:	1741 - 1741
creation date earliest:	1741
creation date latest:	1741
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: French, Mary

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 44.7

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 20.3



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